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Independence South Pontotoc

Wildcats

Cougars

The South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 11-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	3	3
South Pontotoc	2	0	1	6	1	1	-	11	9	4

Final score provided by J. Edwards.

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Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.125	27	24	1	3	1
4	Merritt Owens	.000	3	1	0	0	0
7	Jeremy Ray	1.000	2	1	0	1	0
10	Eli Stepp	.333	3	3	0	1	0
13	Brady Adams	.000	3	3	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.000	3	3	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens	.000	3	3	0	0	0
21	Ethan Wright	.000	3	3	0	0	0
24	Braylon Davis	.000	3	3	0	0	0
34	Jacob Poynor	.000	1	1	0	0	0
45	DJ Mitchell	.333	3	3	0	1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	1	3	2	8	.222	.125	.347
4	Merritt Owens	2	1	0	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
7	Jeremy Ray	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	Eli Stepp	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
13	Brady Adams	0	1	0	1	1	3	.000	.000	.000
14	Dallas Stepp	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
17	Miller Owens	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
21	Ethan Wright	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Braylon Davis	0	1	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
34	Jacob Poynor	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
45	DJ Mitchell	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
7	Jeremy Ray	1
13	Brady Adams	1
24	Braylon Davis	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.889	27	17	7	3
4	Merritt Owens	1.000	3	1	2	0
10	Eli Stepp	1.000	2	0	2	0
13	Brady Adams	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.667	3	0	2	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen	1.000	3	3	0	0
17	Miller Owens	.800	5	3	1	1
21	Ethan Wright	.833	6	5	0	1
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	4	4	0	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	6.18	1
10	Eli Stepp	5.25	1
17	Miller Owens	7.64	1
34	Jacob Poynor	0.00	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5.2	9	11	5	7	2	36	28
10	Eli Stepp	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	7	6
17	Miller Owens	3.2	6	9	4	5	2	24	18
34	Jacob Poynor	.2	1	1	0	1	0	5	4

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.321	.472	1	1	120	6
10	Eli Stepp	.333	.429	1	0	26	1
17	Miller Owens	.333	.500	0	1	79	5
34	Jacob Poynor	.250	.400	0	0	15	0

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South Pontotoc (23-24)

South Pontotoc has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence loses to South Pontotoc

March 2, 2024: Pontotoc, MS 38863

In Saturday's non-league game, the host South Pontotoc Cougars baseball team scored a nice 11-1 victory over the Independence Wildcats.

The Cougars (5-1) will now prepare for their game against New Albany (New Albany, MS). The Bulldogs go into the 4A Region 2 game with a 7-2 record. In their last game, New Albany overcame Potts Camp (Potts Camp, MS), 9-2, in a non-league game.

The Wildcats (5-5) will now prepare for their game against Potts Camp (Potts Camp, MS). The Cardinals go into the non-league game with a 0-3 record. In their last game, Potts Camp was overwhelmed by New Albany (New Albany, MS), 9-2, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

MS	Reg.
218	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-0	10-4	7-9	.567	1.000	304	169

South Pontotoc (23-24)

MS	Reg.
58	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
25-9	7-1	13-3	5-3	7-3	.735	.875	263	141

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2.7	2.9	2.6	1.5	.2	.8	1.6	10.1	8.7	1.6
South Pontotoc	2.8	1.7	2.9	2.3	2.1	1.1	2.7	7.7	8.2	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		South Pontotoc
.349	Batting Average	.200
.464	On Base Percentage	.375
.443	Slugging Percentage	.260
.870	Fielding Percentage	.930

Team Leaders

Independence		South Pontotoc	National Avg.
#17 Miller Owens.434	Batting Average	#3 Cole Chrestman.500	.239
#2 Levi Graham1.000	On Base Percentage	#3 Cole Chrestman.667	.376
#45 DJ Mitchell.555	Slugging Percentage	#24 Dalton Tutor.666	.299
#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	Fielding Percentage	#14 Isaiah Stuto1.000	.862

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	2-6		South Pontotoc	6-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/24	Potts Camp	Independence	(W) 10-4	2/27/24	Potts Camp	South Pontotoc	(W) 14-0
3/4/24	Independence	Potts Camp	(W) 2-0
3/1/24	Vardaman	Independence	(L) 12-0	2/23/24	Vardaman	South Pontotoc	(W) 7-5
3/23/24	Independence	Vardaman	(L) 7-2
3/7/24	Independence	Senatobia	(L) 12-11	3/26/24	South Pontotoc	Senatobia	(W) 17-1
				3/28/24	Senatobia	South Pontotoc	(W) 15-0
3/12/24	Independence	Calhoun City	(L) 10-3	3/23/24	Calhoun City	South Pontotoc	(W) 14-1
4/19/24	Choctaw County	Independence	(L) 5-1	2/26/24	Choctaw County	South Pontotoc	(W) 11-3
4/22/24	Independence	Choctaw County	(L) 14-6

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		South Pontotoc (23-24)
17-13	Overall	25-9
8-0	League	7-1
9-11	Non-League	11-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-6	Common Opponent	6-0
10-4	Home	13-3
7-9	Away	5-3
0-0	Neutral	7-3
0-2	Playoff	6-6
16-13	In-State	23-8
1-0	Out-of-State	2-1